What a way to End a Year

New Year's Eve and we were up and off. We hitched up the trailer and set off in the cold , frosty mist for a garden centre at Martel on the Dordogne. Not many customers but we changed that when we bought 5 Silver Birch trees for the 'Copse'! Slight problem when we tried to load them onto the trailer, as the trees were about 18ft. tall. We put the root balls into the trailer but that left some 12 foot hanging out the back. So we tried to put the 'tree tops' above the roof of the car, but that would have scratched the paintwork of the roof, and possibly have broken off the aerial. So finally, we put the root balls in the car with the tops perched out over the trailer. Success, although it was a bit breezy with the boot tied up so that it was half open!

By the time we were home, the sun was shining in a clear blue sky, so, a bite to eat and off we went to the 'Copse'. By 5 pm all 5 trees were in and we only had to take one of them out and turn it through 180 degrees before replanting so that aesthectically it looked right.

What a lovely day to round off an amazing year.